Interior constructions for jewelry cases



March 17, 1964 x 3,125,221

INTERIOR CONSTRUCTIONS FOR JEWELRY CASES Filed Sept. 4, 1962 INVENTOR /0H/V H A X United States Patent 3,125,221 INTERIOR QGNSTRUC'HUNS F011 JEWELRY CASES John H. Ax, London Leather Novelties, Inc, 121 W. 17th St, New York 11, NY. Filed Sept. 4, 1962, Ser. No. 221,273. 7 Ciaiims. (i. 2116-75) This invention relates to mens jewelry cases and more particularly is directed to an improved interior construction for such cases providing means for securing tie tacks and tie bars within the case.

Among the objects of the invention is to generally improve the interior construction of mens jewelry cases or boxes to provide therein holders for mens currently popular articles of jewelry, namely, tie tacks and tie bars, which holders shall be easy to secure by sewing to conventional lining structure of jewelry cases with a minimum of skilled labor, which holder shall comprise a laminated sheet material having a relatively stiff center or core lamina and relatively thin outer skin or surface laminae, the center laminae being sectionalized to provide a narrow elongated hollow between the opposite surface laminae forming a fold line along which stitching is applied to secure the holder to the conventional lining and to compress the surface laminae along the fold line disposing a border section of the holder adjacent to the fold line in angular relation to the plane of the lining, which holders may be provided in a variety of sizes and appealing shapes and also be capable of serving as carriers for decorative indicia, which shall be rugged in construction and capable of withstanding rough usage, and which shall be eificient and practical to a high degree in use.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists of features of constructions, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the constructions hereinafter disclosed, the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims following.

In the accompanying drawing in which various embodiments of the invention are shown:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open jewelry case showing a holder constructed to embody the invention secured to the lining of the bottom wall of the case with a tie tack and tie bar mounted on the holder.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 22 in FIG. 1 showing details of the holder construction.

FIG. 2A is a fragmentary sectional view of the holder in a flat condition taken across the region of the fold line prior to the holder being sewn to the lining.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary top view of a case lining with a modified form of holder constructed to embody the invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 44 in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary top view of a case lining with another modified form of holder constructed to embody the invention, and

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-'6 in FIG. 5.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 denotes a jewelry case of any conventional size and construction, here shown as having a bottom casing section 11111 and an upper casing sect-ion or cover 1017 suitably hinged together, as for example, by hinges 10c. The walls of casing section 111a and cover 16b may be formed in any manner well known in the art. For illustrative purposes the outer bottom wall is shown simplified in FIG. 2 as a unitary plate 11, it being understood that in practice such wall may be laminated and covered with leather, imitation leather, plastic or the like.

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In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the interior surface of plate 11 has a lining sheet I12 fitted and secured thereto as by a suitable adhesive A. lining sheet 12 may be of suitable relatively stilf, that is, form retaining, material such as cardboard which may have an upfacing surface 12a suitably flocked with a velvet-like finish or otherwise provided, as for example by lamination, with a desired finished surface.

The novel holder 13 embodying the invention is seen in FIG. 2 to comprise a laminated structure having a pair of border sections or wings 13a and 13b projecting laterally on opposite sides of a fold line 130. A row of stitching 14 both secures holder 13 to lining sheet 12 and disposes wings 13a and 1312 at an angle above the plane of lining sheet 12. The laminae forming holder 13 are seen to include a relatively thick, rigid center or core lamina 13d which may be made of cardboard or other suitable sheet material, an upper surface lamina 13c and an under surface lamina 13 surface laminae 13c and 13 are relatively thin and pliable as compared to core lamina 13d and may be made of a suitable plastic or other sheet material, such as those embossed to simulate leather. Core lamina 13d, which itself may be a laminated structure, is sectionalized to conform to wings 13a and 13b. As shown in FIG. 2A each section is spaced from the other along fold line a distance approximately 1 /2 times the thickness of core lamina 13d to form an elongated hollow 15 between surface laminae 13a and 13f which form a foldable interconnection between wings 13a and 113b, A series of through spaced apart openings 13g may be punched just inwardly of the free longitudinal edge 13h of wing 13a to receive a stem 16a of the tie tack 16.

In assembling jewelry case 10, prior to adhesively securing lining sheet 12 in position as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, holder 13, which is laminated in a flat condition as indiacted in FIG. 2A, is stitched to lining sheet 12 along fold line 13c. The stitching forces upper surface lamina 132 into hollow 15 and against under surface lamina 13f putting a tension on lamina \13e and causing wings 13a and 13b to bend or fold upwardly a desired degree along fold line 130 to assume the angular position shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The practical utility of jewerly case 10 fitted with holder 13 will now be apparent. The angular disposition of wings 13a and 13b facilitate mounting of tie bars 17 on wing 13b and projecting tie tacks 16 through openings 13g provided on wing 13a. The angular disposition of wing 13a accommodates the rear securing button 16b of tie tack 16.

In order to satisfy limited space requirements of a small size jewelry case, a modified form of holder 23 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Holder 23 is similar in construction to holder 13 except for wing 23b which is reduced to a narrow strip and serves merely to cooperate with fold line 230 and stitching 24 in securing holder 23 to lining sheet 12 and for providing the necessary tension between the surface laminae to angularly dispose wing 23a. Openings 23g provided in wing 23a serve to receive the tie tacks 16, it being understood that in this modification tie bars 17 may also be mounted on wing 23a.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show another modified form of the invention as a holder 33 in which two parallel fold lines 330 are spaced apart by a central panel 331', wings 33a and 33b projecting from opposite ends of panel 331' along fold lines 33c. Wing 33a is provided with through openings 33g in the same manner and for the same purpose as wing 13a of holder 13.

When stitching 34 is applied along fold lines 33c in securing holder 33 to lining sheet 12, central panel 331 will lie fiat against lining sheet 12 while wings 33a and 33b will assume the angular position shown in FIG. 6.

Central'panel 33: may be utilized in any desired manner, as for example by imprinting thereon a decorative design or initials D.

It will also be apparent that holders 13, 23 and 33 may be utilized in womens jewelry cases for supportingly storing earrings, clips and the like articles which can fit over the free edges of angularly disposed Wings 13a, 13b, 23a, 33a and 33b or through openings 13g, 23g and 33g.

Wings 13a, 13b, 23a, 33a and 33b may be sized and shaped as desired to fulfill their intended purposes and also to provide ornamentation to the interior of the case.

It is thus seen that there is provided improved interior constructions for jewelry cases whereby the several objects of this invention are achieved and which are well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments ab'ove set forth, it is to be understood that all matters herein setforth or shown in the accompanying drawing are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combinationwith a lining. sheetof a jewelry case disposed in a plane, a tie bar and tie tack holder comprising a laminated structure formed with a fold line dividing the structure into panels of uniform thickness, stitching extending along said fold line securing the holder to said lining sheet and disposing one of said panels adjacent the fold line as a wing in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet, said wing being formed with spaced openings to receive therethrough tie tack stems.

2. The combination defined in claim l'including a second fold line spaced from the first mentioned fold line dividing the structure into three panels, stitching extending along said second fold line cooperating with said stitching of'the first mentioned fold line to secure the holder to said lining sheet and disposing an adjacent panel as a wing in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet.

3. In combination with a lining sheet of a jewelry case disposed in a plane, a tie bar and tie tack holder comprising a laminated structure formed with. a fold line dividing the structure into adjoiningpanels, stitchingextending along said fold line securing the holder to said lining sheet and disposing each of said panels as wings in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet for mounting articles of jewelry thereon, one of said wings being formed with spaced openings to receive there through portions of jewelry articles.

4. In combination with a lining sheet of a jewelry case disposedin' a plane, a tie bar and tie tack holder comprising a laminated structure having a relatively still core divided into spaced sections by a fold line, outer laminae extending across said fold line and interconnecting said spaced sections, and stitching extending along said fold line securing the holder to said lining sheet, the outer laminae being compressed by the stitching in said fold line to dispose a border section of said holder co-extensive with one of said spaced core sections adjacent the fold line in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet.

5. In combination with a lining sheet of a jewelry case disposed in a plane, a tie bar and tie tack holder comprising a laminated structure having a relatively stiff core divided into spaced sections by a fold line, outer laminae extending across said fold line and interconnecting said spaced sections as panels of uniform thickness co-extensive with said core sections, stitching extending along said fold line securing the holder to said lining sheet, the outer laminae be ng compressed by the stitching in said fold line to dispose one of said'panels adjacent'the fold line as a wing in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet, said wing being formed with spaced openings to receive therethrough portions of jewelry articles.

6. In combination with a lining sheet of a jewelry case disposed in a plane, a jewelry holder comprising a laminated structure having a relatively stilt core divided into spaced sections along a fold line, outer laminae extending across said fold line and interconnectingsaid spaced sections as panels coextensive with said core sections, said core being relatively thick with respect to said outer laminae, the spacing between the sections being on the order of one and one-half times thethickness of the core, stitching extending along said fold line securing the holder to said lining sheet, the outer laminae being compressed by the stitching in said fold line to dispose one of said panels adjacent the fold line as a wing in angular relation to said plane of the lining sheet.

7. The combination defined-in claim 6 in which said core is dividcdinto three sections by said'first mentioned fold line and asecondfold line, stitching extending along said second fold line cooperating with said stitching of the first fold line to secure the holder to saidlining sheet and disposing an adjacent panel asa second wing in angular relation to said'plane ofthe lining sheet, one of said wings being formed with spaced openings to receive therethrough portions of-jewelry articles.

References (Jilted in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,486,629 Buchsbaum Mar. 11, 1924 2,195,577 Miles Apr. 2, 1940 2,962,156 Adams Nov. '29, 1960 FOREIGN PATENTS 323,927 Great Britain Jan. 1,6, 1930 

5. IN COMBINATION WITH A LINING SHEET OF A JEWELRY CASE DISPOSED IN A PLANE, A TIE BAR AND TIE TACK HOLDER COMPRISING A LAMINATED STRUCTURE HAVING A RELATIVELY STIFF CORE DIVIDED INTO SPACED SECTIONS BY A FOLD LINE, OUTER LAMINAE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID FOLD LINE AND INTERCONNECTING SAID SPACED SECTIONS AS PANELS OF UNIFORM THICKNESS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SAID CORE SECTIONS, STITCHING EXTENDING ALONG SAID FOLD LINE SECURING THE HOLDER TO SAID LINING SHEET, THE OUTER LAMINAE BEING COMPRESSED BY THE STITCHING IN SAID FOLD LINE TO DISPOSE ONE OF SAID PANELS ADJACENT THE FOLD LINE AS A WING IN ANGULAR RELATION TO SAID PLANE OF THE LINING SHEET, SAID WING BEING FORMED WITH SPACED OPENINGS TO RECEIVE THERETHROUGH PORTIONS OF JEWELRY ARTICLES. 